Course Description

Instructor:  Emanuel Abramovits

In this 6-week course we'll use anecdotes, stories, humor and strong support of audiovisuals to explore the works and the legacy of influential performers who gave technical brilliance, richness of tone and showmanship another meaning, on piano, cello and other instruments, like Vladimir Horowitz, Arthur Rubinstein, Yuya Wang, Gregor Piatigorsky and Lang Lang, and the most celebrated orchestra conductors, who gave distinctive sounds to different orchestras of America and the rest of the world, like Eugene Ormandi, Michael Tilson Thomas, Gustavo Dudamel and many more.

Emanuel Abramovits has been a concert promoter since 2000, directly involved in many concerts by international artists, like Itzhak Perlman, Gustavo Dudamel, Sarah Brightman, Roger Hodgson, ASIA, Journey, Kenny G and many more. Designed and staged many original orchestral events, including an Event of the Year winner and several world premiers. He served as the Cultural Director at UNION ISRAELITA DE CARACAS from 2008 to 2019, releasing books, organizing film cycles, concerts and art exhibits. He has been consistently teaching online and in presence across the US since 2020.